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Old 12th Dec 2017, 16:05
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Lancman
 
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I understand from that excellent interview that refuelling automatically cut off at about 83% of full tanks for safety reasons: to provide an air space that would absorb any shock wave travelling through the fuel caused by the impact of a foreign object striking the tank. What I don't understand is why there was a facility provided to over-ride this protection, and under what circumstances it was authorised.
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